Conditions / Syndrome

xeroderma pigmentosum group F

info · Syndrome · ICD-10: Q82.1

A xeroderma pigmentosum characterized by milder symptoms and later onset of skin cancer that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ERCC4 gene on chromosome 16p13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Erythema
  • Freckling
  • Deficient excision of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers in DNA
  • Defective DNA repair after ultraviolet radiation damage
  • Seborrheic keratosis
  • Numerous pigmented freckles
  • Cutaneous photosensitivity
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Papule
  • Decreased body weight

Also known as: XP group F; XP6; XPF; xeroderma pigmentosum VI